Have you ever been in a situation where your presentation looked so awesome with some amazing typography, but when you
opened the same presentation on another computer, the text looked positively terrible! This behavior may happen if the font
you used is not available on the other computer. The best solution to this problem is to
use safe fonts that are available on most computers,
or you may also explore the option to embed fonts in your PowerPoint presentation.

Note: Do note that all fonts cannot be embedded, and also you may not know which fonts support embedding or
not! To learn which fonts can be embedded or not, look at our
Can this font be embedded? page.

Within PowerPoint 2016, click the File menu to bring up
Backstage View. Select
Options, as shown highlighted in green within Figure 1, below.

Figure 1: Backstage view

Alternatively, select the Save As option (keyboard shortcut: F12) as shown highlighted
in blue within Figure 1, above. This action brings up the locations to save
the persentation as shown in Figure 2, below. Click the Browse button (highlighted in
blue within Figure 2). This brings up the Save As dialog
box as shown in Figure 2. Click the Tools button as shown highlighted in
red within Figure 2 to open a drop down menu. Within this drop-down menu,
select Save Options as shown highlighted in green.

Figure 2: Save As dialog box

Either way, you summon the PowerPoint
Options dialog box. Make sure that the Save tab of this dialog box is selected, as shown in
Figure 3, below. The options related to embedding fonts are highlighted in
red within Figure 3, below.

Figure 3: The Save tab provides font embedding options

First of all, if you did not get here via the Save As dialog box, you will need to select the
presentation within which you want to embed fonts. This action is especially important if you have more than one
presentation open. To do so, click the drop-down list next to the text that reads Preserve fidelity when sharing
this presentation, as shown in Figure 4, below. Now select the presentation you want.

Figure 4: Choose the presentation for font embedding

Next, check the Embed fonts in the file option, as shown highlighted in red
within Figure 5, below.

Figure 5: Chose the Embed option

Finally, you need to select from one of two radio buttons, as explained below:

Embed only the characters used in the presentation: This option will only embed characters you have used
in your presentation. For example, if you create a single slide presentation with just one text box that contains the word
'AFTER', then only capital-case characters of five alphabets will be embedded. If you want to edit the text later, and do
not have the embedded font on your system, then you will not see the original font used!

Embed all characters: This options gets over the limitation explained in the preceding paragraph!

Click the OK button to accept these changes, or press Cancel to return without making
changes.

Test Embedded Fonts Before You Present in PowerPoint

Remember to open your presentation on a computer that does not have your embedded font installed to make sure that the font
has indeed been embedded. If you find that the font was not embedded, it could be that you are looking at the presentation
on PowerPoint for Mac, or other PowerPoint versions for tablets and phones. Font embedding is only supported on
PowerPoint for Windows.

Also, only True Type fonts support embedding, and even then they must have embedding options enabled. Confused? Look at our Can this font be embedded? page for a
more detailed description.

Have your ever used keyboard shortcuts and sequences in PowerPoint? Or are you a complete keyboard aficionado?
Do you want to learn about some new shortcuts? Or do you want to know if your favorite keyboard shortcuts are documented?